THE HASH: San Francisco NFL Player Alex Barrett Taking His Salary in Bitcoin

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🗓️ 21 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, May 20, 2022. NFL player Alex Barrett is now taking 100% of his paycheck in bitcoin. Barrett joins "The Hash" and shares his reasons behind this move and what he thinks of the blockchain space. - Consensus 2022, the industry’s most influential event, is happening June 9-12 in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to immerse yourself in the fast-moving world of crypto, Web 3 and NFTs, this is the festival experience for you. Visit coindesk.com/consensus2022 to get your pass today. This episode has been edited by Adrian Blust. Our Executive Producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is the hash podcast.
0:09.6	Stay informed with the latest on Bitcoin, ETH, the Metaverse, Web3, and more with stories that matter to the crypto world.
0:16.9	All on the hash for your ears.
0:19.7	You're listening to the Coindex Podcast Network.
0:23.8	Hello, everyone.
0:25.3	I'm Jen Sinassie.
0:26.7	We got Zach Seward right up there, George Kulunis, and David Morris on a wonderful
0:33.5	Friday morning.
0:34.4	Hello, guys.
0:35.8	Hi, everybody.
0:37.0	Hey.
0:37.9	All right. Let's get into the first story.
0:42.3	Sports desk.
0:46.5	That never gets old.
0:49.4	Okay.
0:50.1	We have a very special sports desk story this morning defensive lineman for the San Francisco 49ers.
0:56.9	Alex Barrett has partnered with Bitwage to receive his entire paycheck in Bitcoin.
1:03.6	Alex is joining us now to tell us how stumbling across Twitter spaces led him to fully embracing crypto.
1:10.3	Hello, Alex. Hi, how you guys doing? Thanks for
1:13.3	having me. Welcome. Thanks for being with us. So why don't you just start us off at the beginning of
1:19.8	this story? This all started from a Twitter spaces. Yeah, just a normal day in my life, you know,
1:25.2	after training, after football, you know, go home,
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